Duty Risk and Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Jobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Duty Risk and Mental Health Practitioner to deliver first-class clinical care in a remote setting. The role requires experience within NHS mental health services and offers opportunities for professional development. You'll need to manage risk presentations and support clinical processes while working closely with service users and healthcare stakeholders.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Support for employee wellbeing initiatives

Positive work environment

Qualifications

• Ongoing professional development and training, including safeguarding Level 3.
• Assessing and managing multiple risk presentations.
• Experience working with individuals in acute mental distress.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to provide clinical care.
• Support staff with clinical risk management and safeguarding processes.
• Handle client contact primarily via telephone, screening suitability.

Skills

Current registration with a professional health registered body

Experience within NHS mental health services

Experience in risk management

Ability to handle confidential calls

Job description

Duty Risk and Mental Health Practitioner

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Duty, Risk and Mental Health Practitioner to join us in a new role within an established team. You will operate across several Talking Therapies services, working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to provide first-class clinical care.

Requirements:

• Current registration with a professional health registered body
• Ongoing professional development and training, including safeguarding Level 3
• Experience within NHS mental health services dealing with various mental health issues
• Assessing and managing multiple risk presentations
• Multidisciplinary working
• Assessment and management of safeguarding issues
• Experience working with individuals in acute mental distress
• Providing risk and safeguarding advice, consultation, and supervision

This role offers a chance to develop your skills in a fast-paced healthcare environment. You will be involved in working as a Duty and Risk Mental Health Practitioner in a regional team, liaising directly with service users, the Talking Therapies team, GPs, and other agencies, including secondary care.

You will also support staff with clinical risk management and safeguarding processes, and handle client contact primarily via telephone, often with distressed individuals, to screen suitability and facilitate referrals into secondary mental health services.

Applicants with experience in risk management and knowledge of primary and secondary mental health care are encouraged to apply. The position is remote but may include occasional team-building days at Vita Health Group bases. You will need private space for confidential calls.

Why Vita Health Group? We celebrate life and aim to improve physical and mental health. As part of Spire Healthcare Group, we have over 30 years of experience, working in partnership with the NHS, insurers, and corporate clients. We invest in our staff through development opportunities, support, and a positive work environment.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities, welcoming applications from all backgrounds. We also support various employee wellbeing initiatives and workplace schemes.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page: Vita Health Group Careers.